Graffiti Grapher
- graffiti is a part of mathematics
- graffiti artists are passionate, skilled, and community-oriented
- began in Ancient Rome
- urban graffiti came from New York City
- the goal was to have one's name in as many places as possible
- gained fame from name being found
- permanent markers were originally used
- now spray cans are a more popular option
- artists would try to out do each other
- stopped using their names because they didn't want to get in trouble with the police
- became more complex using lots of vocabulary words
- "style wars" -1970
- people would work together to make their artwork more known
- most graffiti is not gang related
- NYC graffiti became world famous
- the 70's were the golden age of subway graffiti
- they had to deal with the police patrolling the subways
- their masterpieces were being washed off cars, fences, etc.
- they game from ghettos
- way to express their identity
- one of the four elements of hip hop
- hip hop in 2003 was mostly centered around the rapper
- graffiti was done by people of all ethnicity
- existed as part of the urban environment
- provides a visual inspiration
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